What some people find in religion a writer may find in his craft...a k…

John Steinbeck
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What some people find in religion a writer may find in his craft...a kind of breaking through to glory. ✨ John Steinbeck, Thomas Fensch (1988). Conversations with John Steinbeck, p.95, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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What some people find in religion a writer may find in his craft...a kind of breaking through to glory. ✨ John Steinbeck, Thomas Fensch (1988). Conversations with John Steinbeck, p.95, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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